Veteran ESPN Reporter For NFL Was 67 – CB
John Clayton, who lined the Nationwide Soccer League for ESPN for greater than 20 years, died Friday after a short sickness. He was 67. “His spouse Pat and sister Amy have been at his aspect and communicated earlier he handed peacefully after a short sickness,” his longtime ESPN colleague Chris Mortensen tweeted. “We beloved John. We’re…
John Clayton, who lined the Nationwide Soccer League for ESPN for greater than 20 years, died Friday after a short sickness. He was 67.
“His spouse Pat and sister Amy have been at his aspect and communicated earlier he handed peacefully after a short sickness,” his longtime ESPN colleague Chris Mortensen tweeted. “We beloved John. We’re mourning his loss. Pat has requested the Seahawks to launch additional data.”
Clayton first started protecting sports activities on the Pittsburgh Press earlier than transferring to Seattle to cowl the Seahawks for the Tacoma Information Tribune. By 1995, he was at ESPN in 1995, the place he lined soccer in print, TV and on radio till 2017.
As a broadcaster, Clayton was teamed with former NFL quarterback Sean Salisbury, whose pleasant and contentious debates had a particular chemistry.
Clayton continued to cowl the Seahawks for ESPN Radio’s Seattle affiliate after departing his essential duties on the community. He was publishing tales as lately as final week.
